Canaan

Canaan was a region of the southern Levant that existed during antiquity, being located west of the Jordan River. In the Book of Genesis, God promised the land of Canaan to Abraham, and Abraham's descendants later left for Egypt, leaving Canaan in the hands of the Canaanites, who proceeded to absorb the Philistines into their culture. The Israelites, led by Joshua, conquered Canaan after the Exodus from Egypt in around 1400 BC. The conquest of Canaan was a genocide, as God commanded the Israelites to exterminate the Canaanites. Following the Battle of Jericho, the Israelites left only one prostitute alive, having killed every man, woman, and child in the city.